#423: Diana Ross and The Supremes - Anthology

Diana Ross and The Supremes - Anthology

May 1974, Motown

Side One (The Early Sessions)

1. "Let Me Go The Right Way"

2. "A Breath Taking Guy"

3. "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"

4. "Standing At The Crossroads Of Love"

5. "Run, Run, Run"

6. "Where Did Our Love Go"

Side Two (The Big Boom)

7. "Baby Love"

8. "Ask Any Girl"

9. "Come See About Me"

10. "Stop! In The Name Of Love"

11. "Back In My Arms Again"

12. "Nothing But Heartaches"

Side Three (Non-Stop Hitmaking)

13. "I Hear A Symphony"

14. "My World Is Empty Without You"

15. "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart"

16. "You Can't Hurry Love"

17. "You Keep Me Hangin' On"

18. "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone"

Side Four (New Horizons)

19. "The Happening"

20. "Reflections"

21. "In And Out Of Love"

22. "Forever Came Today"

23. "Some Things You Never Get Used To"

24. "Love Child"

Side Five (Versatile Stylists)

25. "A Hard Day's Night"

26. "Funny How Time Slips Away"

27. "You Send Me"

28. "Falling In Love With Love"

29. "I'm The Greatest Star"

Side Six (Memories, Moving On)

30. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (with the Temptations)

31. "I'm Livin' In Shame"

32. "The Composer"

33. "I'll Try Something New" (with the Temptations)

34. "No Matter What Sign You Are"

35. "Someday We'll Be Together"

RESULTS

Rate: 8/10
Best Song: Stop! In The Name of Love
Worst Song: Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart

Comments

I don't like looking at what Album comes next, but I am given the joyful delight of a tiny picture of the next Album.

The next three Albums looks exactly like this.

Actually, this Album was probably extremely gratifying for both Blacks and Women. Racial prejudice and sexism were both still very real when Ross cooked up these songs, but what they came up with, they hit hard.

Yet, instead of convening the message of mixing races, or empowering women, she sang about everybody knows yet nobody understands.

Love.

A bit of a wasted topic, but it still produced some legendary songs about heartbreak and romance. They are upbeat, happy, and catchy beats that could make a deaf man tap his foot. Props to The Supremes with providing the classic black womanly backup singers that are still used today in all kinds of media. No sarcasm intended.